International Disability Law: A Practical Approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

ISBN-13: 9781138593473 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 218 str.

Coomaravel Pyaneandee

Opis

This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than fifty leading cases. The book also delineates the traditional differentiation between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other.

Spis treści

1: INTRODUCTION;  2: PART I;  3: CHAPTER 1 The CRPD Committee, Rules of Procedure and the Optional Protocol to the Convention;  4: CHAPTER 2 Fundamental Principles, and Equality and Non-Discrimination (Articles 1 – 5);  5: CHAPTER 3 Women and Girls with Disabilities (Article 6);  6: PART II CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS;  7: CHAPTER 4 Equal Recognition Before the Law (Article 12) and Access to Justice (Article 13);  8: CHAPTER 5 Liberty and Security of the Person (Article 14) and Freedom from Torture (Article 15);  9: CHAPTER 6 Right to Life (Article 10);  10: CHAPTER 7 Freedom of Expression (Article 21) and Participation in Political and Public Life (Article 29);  11: PART III ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS;  12: CHAPTER 8 Accessibility (Article 9);  13: CHAPTER 9 Right to Education (Article 24);  14: CHAPTER 10 Right to Work and Employment (Article 27);  15: Chapter 11 Right to Independent Living and Being Included in the Community (Article 19); 16: CONCLUSION Monitoring and Implementation: The Way Forward;  17: Index

O autorze

Coomaravel Pyaneandee has been a practising barrister for 17 years and is the current Vice-Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He holds an LLB and an LLM in Public Law from the University of London. His main areas of practice include disability discrimination, protection of women and children from domestic violence and workers’ compensation.